μείς
meis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning month
Literal translation month
Variants
μείς meis
Edited by
month time interval

ἡ προγενομένη πανσέληνος ἐγένετο τῷ αὐτῷ μηνὶ Παῦνι κεʹ εἰς κϛʹ ὥρ(ᾳ) βʹ νυκ(τός)

‘The preceding full moon took place in the same month, Pauni 25 till 26, hour 2 of night’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4282 1-6

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 430-431

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). μείς (Lemma #2661). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2661/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). μείς (Lemma #2661). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2661/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). μείς (Lemma #2661). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2661/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) μείς (Lemma #2661), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2661/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2661,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {μείς ({Lemma} #2661)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2661/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2661/},
}